Akshay Kumar in a poster of Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (courtesy akshaykumar )
Highlights
- This will be Akshay's first film after Naam Shabana
- The movie is expected to make Rs 10-15 crores on Day 1
- Which is also what Akshay's previous releases made on first day
The wait is almost over for Akshay Kumar's
much talked-about Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, which hits the theatres tomorrow. Stakes are high for the 49-year-old actor's new film and Bollywood is waiting with bated breath for the movie to rejuvenate the dormant box office. In an Instagram post earlier this week,
trade analyst Taran Adarsh said: "Post
Baahubali 2, the biz has hit rock bottom... Will Toilet Ek Prem Katha prove a saviour? Let's hope it bails out the industry." Now, a report in
Box Office India predicts that opening day collections of
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha will be decent (around Rs 10-15 crores) - in parity with the actor's previous releases like
Airlift,
Rustom and
Jolly LLB 2.
According to the report,
Airlift scored Rs 11 crores on its first day,
Housefull 3 opened to a good sum of Rs 15 crores,
Rustom made Rs 13.50 on Day 1 and it was Rs 12 crores for
Jolly LLB 2. Anything like these figures has been reviewed as a "decent opening" in the
Box Office India report.
Toilet: Ek Prem Kathafollows movies like Shah Rukh Khan's Jab Harry Met Sejal, which secured a Rs 15 crore opening day and Anil Kapoor's
Mubarakan, which opened to Rs 5 crores.
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha will be Shree Narayan Singh's second film after 2012's
Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai. "Here there is nothing to go on so you can't be positive or negative on the director. Toilet: Ek Prem Katha will determine the capability of the director and hope is that he will pull it off as the industry is in desperate need of good directors," states the
Box Office India report.
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha also stars Bhumi Pednekar and is Akshay Kumar's first movie after
Naam Shabana. The theme of the movie is similar to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and highlights the importance of an improved state of sanitation in the rural parts of India.